Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Hadley
Indiana Supreme Court
From Putnam Circuit Court; Presley O. Gollwer, Judge. Action by Vivian ITadley, by her next friend, against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1399 Bums 1908, Acts 1901, p. 565, §15.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Appellee, suing by next friend, recovered- judgment for a personal injury caused while a passenger on appellant’s train, by the falling of a window-sash upon her arm.
The only error assigned is the overruling of appellant’s motion for a new trial.
The motion for a new trial alleged that the verdict was not sustained by sufficient evidence and was contrary to law; that the damages were excessive; that the court erred in refusing to give, and in giving, certain instructions. Other specified errors of law occurring upon the trial will be set out and considered in this opinion.
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